🎬 animator

Yoshimitsu Yamashita山下喜光

Animation Director and Character Design on Bleach, PSYCHO-PASS and Monster.

anime credits: 17; anime credits
most credited as: Animation Director; most credited as
busiest year (4): 2004; busiest year (4)

Best-known work

Credits per year

Anime Yoshimitsu Yamashita worked on, by premiere year

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Item	Credits
04	4 in 2004
05	1 in 2005
06	0 in 2006
07	0 in 2007
08	1 in 2008
09	3 in 2009
10	0 in 2010
11	0 in 2011
12	4 in 2012
13	0 in 2013
14	1 in 2014
15	0 in 2015
16	1 in 2016
17	0 in 2017
18	0 in 2018
19	0 in 2019
20	0 in 2020
21	0 in 2021
22	1 in 2022
23	0 in 2023
24	0 in 2024
25	1 in 2025

All credits

2025The Apothecary Diaries Season 2Chief Animation Director, Animation Director, Key Animation
2022Laid-Back Camp The MovieImage Board, Storyboard
2016Ace AttorneyAnimation Director
2014Dragonar AcademyCreature Design
2012PSYCHO-PASSKey Animation
2012Kokoro ConnectAssistant Animation Director
2012Kids on the SlopeSub Character Design, Chief Animation Director
2012Kokoro Connect ~ The OVAsAssistant Animation Director
2009A Certain Scientific RailgunAnimation Director
2009Phantom: Requiem for the PhantomCharacter Design, Animation Director, Key Animation
2009CanaanAnimation Director
2008Michiko & HatchinKey Animation
2005Blood+Key Animation
2004BleachAnimation Director
2004MonsterKey Animation
2004Samurai ChamplooAnimation Director, Key Animation
2004Elfen LiedKey Animation

Profile

Birthday: February 15, 1974
Age: 52
Active since: 1998
Gender: Male

About

Twitter Yamashita graduated from Kokugakuin University with a Major in History. He first started out in the industry in 1997 as a production assistant at JCF. Amazingly, he has never been formally trained in art. His talent for drawing was first discovered through various doodles and sketches he would make on company paperwork. Yamashita's first project as an animator was on the second Kochikame movie. Some time later he went freelance. Samurai Champloo was the first project he worked on freelance. Around 2006, Yamashita joined Bee Train and started work as character designer and animation director on the TV show Ginyuu Mokushiroku Meine Liebe Wieder. A short while later, the animation department at Bee Train was spun off into new company, C-Station, and Yamashita moved with it. Today he retains a seat at C-Station, but regularly contracts out to work on various external projects.

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Frequently asked questions

What anime has Yoshimitsu Yamashita worked on?

Yoshimitsu Yamashita's best-known work includes Bleach (Animation Director), PSYCHO-PASS (Key Animation), Monster (Key Animation), Samurai Champloo (Animation Director), Elfen Lied (Key Animation), The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 (Chief Animation Director).

What does Yoshimitsu Yamashita do?

Yoshimitsu Yamashita is credited most often as animation director, character design, key animation on anime.

When was Yoshimitsu Yamashita born?

Yoshimitsu Yamashita was born on February 15, 1974.